Carl S

I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ with
the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.

All I can say is WOW. The locker makes the Jeep a totally different animal.
I was able to climb a 4ft vertical wall. Yes, My breakover wasn't good
enough and I pivoted on my t-case x-member, but the ol XJ pulled through.

Installation was simple, except for the thrust washers. Dealer told me to
re-install, instructions did not specify. PowerTrax said do not re-install.
Cost is substantial compared to the LockRight, but on the street I can
barely notice it, and off road it it amazing.

Carl

L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
rear end: http://jeep.off-road.com/jeep/articl....jsp?id=261135
Let us know when if fails.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
with
> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.
>
> All I can say is WOW. The locker makes the Jeep a totally different
animal.
> I was able to climb a 4ft vertical wall. Yes, My breakover wasn't good
> enough and I pivoted on my t-case x-member, but the ol XJ pulled through.
>
> Installation was simple, except for the thrust washers. Dealer told me to
> re-install, instructions did not specify. PowerTrax said do not
re-install.
> Cost is substantial compared to the LockRight, but on the street I can
> barely notice it, and off road it it amazing.
>
> Carl
>
>



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L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
rear end: http://jeep.off-road.com/jeep/articl....jsp?id=261135
Let us know when if fails.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
with
> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.
>
> All I can say is WOW. The locker makes the Jeep a totally different
animal.
> I was able to climb a 4ft vertical wall. Yes, My breakover wasn't good
> enough and I pivoted on my t-case x-member, but the ol XJ pulled through.
>
> Installation was simple, except for the thrust washers. Dealer told me to
> re-install, instructions did not specify. PowerTrax said do not
re-install.
> Cost is substantial compared to the LockRight, but on the street I can
> barely notice it, and off road it it amazing.
>
> Carl
>
>



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L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
rear end: http://jeep.off-road.com/jeep/articl....jsp?id=261135
Let us know when if fails.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
with
> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.
>
> All I can say is WOW. The locker makes the Jeep a totally different
animal.
> I was able to climb a 4ft vertical wall. Yes, My breakover wasn't good
> enough and I pivoted on my t-case x-member, but the ol XJ pulled through.
>
> Installation was simple, except for the thrust washers. Dealer told me to
> re-install, instructions did not specify. PowerTrax said do not
re-install.
> Cost is substantial compared to the LockRight, but on the street I can
> barely notice it, and off road it it amazing.
>
> Carl
>
>



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L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
rear end: http://jeep.off-road.com/jeep/articl....jsp?id=261135
Let us know when if fails.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
with
> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.
>
> All I can say is WOW. The locker makes the Jeep a totally different
animal.
> I was able to climb a 4ft vertical wall. Yes, My breakover wasn't good
> enough and I pivoted on my t-case x-member, but the ol XJ pulled through.
>
> Installation was simple, except for the thrust washers. Dealer told me to
> re-install, instructions did not specify. PowerTrax said do not
re-install.
> Cost is substantial compared to the LockRight, but on the street I can
> barely notice it, and off road it it amazing.
>
> Carl
>
>



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L. Ron Waddle

L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:
> The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
> rear end:

Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
your very own link admits.

Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
going to break long before the locker itself does.


> "Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
> with
>> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.

L. Ron Waddle

L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:
> The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
> rear end:

Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
your very own link admits.

Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
going to break long before the locker itself does.


> "Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
> with
>> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.

L. Ron Waddle

L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:
> The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
> rear end:

Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
your very own link admits.

Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
going to break long before the locker itself does.


> "Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
> with
>> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.

L. Ron Waddle

L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:
> The lunch box type locker has always been considered too weak for the
> rear end:

Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
your very own link admits.

Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
going to break long before the locker itself does.


> "Carl S" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ScidnU5AlLSDc2LbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> I installed my PoweTrax No-Slip auto locker in the the rear of my 00 XJ
> with
>> the 8.25. I'm running a 3.5" RE superflex with 31" BFG MT's.

L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

Take you movie camera with you:
http://pd.global.playstream.com/adva...wertrax/02.mpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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"L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6sdMi.178424$TK1.148612@fe04.news.easynews.co m...
> Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
> your very own link admits.
>
> Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
> the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
> don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
> solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
> four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
> will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
> I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
> in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
> check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
> once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
> the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
> lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
> going to break long before the locker itself does.



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